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Benjamin A. Quarles, one of the country's foremost authorities on black history and a former history professor and department head at Morgan State University in Baltimore, died on Saturday of a heart attack at Prince George's Hospital Center.

Dr. Quarles, 92, wrote eight books about black history, co-authored another and edited several others. He also wrote numerous articles that appeared in academic journals and periodicals, and more than 100 book reviews.

His flair for telling the story of black contributions to the nation's social and economic fabric carried his name far beyond the circles of academia.

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